Julia Cammeron
- New Orleans -NOLA- Camarilla -NOLA- Toreador
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Appearance: A tall, thin girl who with the right makeup can look older than her 15 mortal years. She has green eyes and is always well dressed.
Behavior: She tries her best to imitate her Mentor in all things and her shyness has turned to aloofness. She is a loner but at heart she desperately wants to fit in. Toward that end she will do almost anything to please the person who seems to be able to give that to her.
History: Julia left her upper-middle-class home in Boston when she was 15 and headed for New Orleans, escaping what she felt were uncaring parents. She began her adventure as a mortal, but ended it among the undead, for she was Embraced in a fit of passion by a Toreador.
Adjusting with remarkable ease to her new existence, Julia saw no reason to alter her plans. She continued on to New Orleans without her sire. Once in the city, Julia found herself somewhat ostracized by other Kindred, who perceived her shy and quiet manner as aloofness. After several weeks of living on the fringes of vampiric society, snubbed by Morgaine and Marcel alike, Julia was naturally flattered when an elder of Marcel's own clan took an interest in her. The Ventrue elder Karen Chartry, offered the young vampire shelter in her home for as long as she needed it.
Having just grown accustomed to life on the streets, Julia suddenly found herself returned to the lap of luxury. Everything she wanted was handed to her by a patron who asked for very little in return — only that Julia follow a few simple rules, most of which seemed designed to keep Julia's presence at the house a secret. She was neither to go out without her patron's permission nor to speak to anyone outside the house. She was to tell no one where she lived or to associate with anyone from her past. Despite these restrictions, Julia was satisfied with her new existence.
Nothing seemed capable of destroying Julia's contentment until her patron cam home one night talking endlessly about a young artist she had met at the University of New Orleans. For nights it seemed Karen talked of nothing else but this Josua Cambridge, and Julia soon developed a deep resentment for her unseen rival. The relationship, however, seemed to burn itself out before it even got started. Before long Karen's talk of love and devotion turned to talk of revenge for a spurned love.
Already hating the young artist, first for stealing Karen's attention away from her and then for hurting her patron, Julia was all too happy to be included in Karen's plans for revenge. Karen decided to let some time pass, however, before she put those plans into action. Several months went by before Julia could savor her own revenge against the artist.
Karen's instructions were simple enough. One night Julia was to journey to the artist's studio in the French Quarter pretending to be an art patron who greatly admired his work. She would flatter him into agreeing to paint her portrait, partly by her feigned admiration and partly by promis of a large sum of money. In the end, of course, she was to reject the work as that of an incompetent, destroying his confidence and, later, his life.
For three weeks Julia came each night to sit for Josua. Though during these sessions she said very little to him, she began to find herself captivated by the artist. Karen had neglected to warn the young girl of the artist's natural charisma and charm, for which she herself had fallen so easily. Each time Josua tried to engage Julia in conversation, she could feel his natural allure, so strong that it seemed it had the power to turn her from her path.
When the portrait was completed, Julia could not finish her task. She Embraced the young artist and then shoved him into a small closet, leaving with the portrait.
She did not expect Josua to survive this change, and was amazed when she found out what had happened to the painter in the aftermath. She was especially horrified to discover that more paintings of her existed and were missing. Today Julia lives a sequestered existence, never leaving Karen's house for fear of her unlife.
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